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WCC 2016 Res 057 - Progress Report

General information
Take greater account of the ocean in the climate regime
Period covered: 
2017
IUCN Constituencies implementing this Resolution
IUCN Members: 
Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water ( DCCEEW ) / Australia
Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères ( MEAE ) / France
WWF - Deutschland ( WWF ) / Germany
Environment Agency Abu Dhabi ( EAD ) / United Arab Emirates
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Conservation International ( CI ) / United States of America
The Nature Conservancy ( TNC ) / United States of America
Fiji Department of Environment / Fiji
IUCN Commissions: 
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IUCN Secretariat: 
Yes
Other non-IUCN related organisations: 
IUCN France Committee; members of the Ocean and Climate Platform, UN agencies; members of the International Partnership for Blue Carbon
Implementation
Indicate which actions have been carried out to implement this Resolution : 
Capacity-building
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Policy influencing/advocacy
Scientific/technical activities
Describe the results/achievements of the actions taken: 
UNFCCC policy makers are now more aware of the ocean and climate nexus - impacts as well as solutions.
The Oceans Pathway has been launched at the UNFCCC COP 23, with the support of IUCN, the Ocean and Climate Platform and other IUCN members and partners.
The Resolution has sparked further research in the area of oceans, coasts and carbon. Especially the coastal areas have received a lot of attention in this regard, as well as in terms of project implementation and stakeholder engagement. A new Global Mangrove Alliance has been formed.
What challenges/obstacles have been encountered in the implementation of this Resolution and how were they overcome : 
Broadly speaking, stakeholders "recognise the important role of marine and coastal ecosystems in climate change" but this is not translated (yet) fully into UNFCCC language and incentives. This issue is being addressed by organizing technical capacity-building workshops to advance ocean issues under the UNFCCC.
The good news however is that both nature-based solutions to adaptation and mitigation actions are being witnessed on the ground.
While there is a lot of work on coastal ecosystems for climate mitigation, there is less focus on the role of other marine (open and deep ocean) systems and how they feed into the UNFCCC and national GHG accounting processes. Research institutes have taken on this challenge and are investigating this question more and more. IUCN, through the Blue Carbon Initiative, is actively working with the science community on this topic as well.
Research on the role of MPAs as carbon sinks could also be further improved, and guidance provided on where to effectively place MPAs, in and beyond areas of national jurisdiction.
Briefly describe what future actions are needed for the implementation of this Resolution: 
Continuous awareness raising of ocean and climate issues at various national and international fora.
Continuous capacity building for the ocean community to become trained in UNFCCC topics, and climate policy makers to see the need and benefit of including ocean issues into the UNFCCC.
A stronger link could be established with the work done under Resolution 112, to ensure renewable offshore energy development aligns with biodiversity conservation goals.
Are these actions planned for yet: 
Yes
Status of implementation
Status of implementation for this Resolution: 
Underway: implementation well-advanced